Research Chronology

Note: This is a current work in progress. It must not be considered complete, and is dedicated solely to the intellectual apparatus of essays and publications. 

November 2025

• The bones of this project are laid out with the creation of the failed The Sixth Floor Archive. 

January - February 2026

• Roughly 30,000 words are written over winter break in one linear account, as this project was originally conceived as a print book or monograph. 

• The foundational theory guiding this project, Archival Feudalism, is articulated. 

• The essay titled How the Watermark Changed is written. 

• The essay titled An Incomplete Reconstruction of Distribution Logics for the Watermark is written. 

• The essay titled Sales Data is written. 

• The essay titled An Incomplete Financial Reconstruction is written. 

April 2026

• The Archeology of a Bookshelf is published externally in Esoterica Magazine

• A PDF Is Not A Book: The Illusion of Completeness is published externally by The American Printing History Association

• A significant number of the currently published interviews / questionnaires are conducted and published. 

• On April 18th the book format was converted into the current website format and quietly shared with 3 peers for feedback before publication.  

• The essay titled Fall 2022 is written. 

• The essay titled Triptych Distribution Notes is published. 

• The essay titled CHORD is written. 

June 2026

• The essay titled the Forgotten History of Volume #21 is written. 

July 2026

• Formal outreach to the UMB Archives (and several others) begins. 

• The essay The (re)archeology of a bookshelf is written. 

August 2026

• The essay titled On Morphology is published. 

• The essay On Morphology is submitted to Archival Outlook for tentative publication in November/December. 

September 2026

• Archives for Everyone(?) is published externally in Antae Magazine.

• Negotiations with the UMB Archives cease over progress and process.

• The essay titled The Consequences of a Recycling Bin is written. 

• The Research Chronology page is established. 

• The essay titled the Forgotten History of Volume #21 is finalized.

• The essay titled On Information Silos is completed and placed alongside the Archival Feudalism section. 

• Several portions of his project, which are interpretivley stable, have been sliced off and deposited externaly via Zenodo. 

• The essay titled The Nantucket Review is published in a preliminary / rough draft format, subject to change.